AstronomyCalc¶
This package introduces students to basic astronomical calculations and data analysis methods. The source package can be found at GitHub. Additional Jupyter notebooks, designed to help learners explore concepts by adjusting parameters and observing their effects, will be regularly added to the notebooks folder.
Package details¶
The package provides tools for calculating and solving the following quantities and equations.
Friedmann equation
- Cosmological distances
Comoving distance
Proper distance
Light-travel distance
Luminosity distance
Angular diameter distance
Age of the universe
Cosmological parameter inference
Galaxy rotation curves